Most Expensive Rare Gold Coins

Here are five of the most valuable coins that have been sold at auction and it may surprise you to learn how much someone was willing to pay to own such a small metallic object.

Most expensive rare gold coins.

Our most valuable gold coins list includes the classic gold coins starting in 1795 up until 1933 when america abandoned the gold standard including rare gold coin errors and rare varieties. The coin was minted in 1850 though it bears the year 1849. If this is the case the coin becomes highly collectible and collectors are willing to pay huge sums of money to own the rare coins. This most valuable coin list is dynamic and is based upon the few thousand or so united states coins found in our ever growing database updated.

Most of the coins on the market today are in extremely fine to about uncirculated condition. Most of these are auction prices. As of now our database consists almost entirely of coins from 1880s 2020 as we wanted to focus mostly on coins that were readily accessible and possibly still in circulation. Estimated coin prices and values in.

This list does not include the modern post 1986 gold bullion coins. Stack s bowers galleries and sotheby s once again the king of american coins takes one of the top 10 spots on the list of the world s rarest and most valuable coins this coin was auctioned as part of the d. Coming in at number seven on our list of the most expensive coins in the world is the silver dollar class 1 1804. With only one specimen existing this coin is probably the rarest and most valuable coin in u s.

Most pennies are worth 1 cent but to coin collectors some are worth more than their weight in gold. Earlier this year an ordinary looking penny made headlines when it was found among the. Albanese rare coins private transaction october 2007 5 000 000 1913 1913 liberty head nickel. This list and the prices are current as of 2020.

In 1920 gold coins widely circulated and were regularly used in commerce. Most valuable coins rarest highest value us coins ever usa coin book has compiled a list of the all time rarest and most valuable us coins ever known. Therefore it is not surprising that the san francisco mint produced 126 500 ten dollar gold eagle coins that year. Edward iii florin 1343 6 8.

It is one of the two trial pieces that heralded the era of the 20 coins nicknamed double eagles. We are using our database of nearly every us coin ever produced 6 000 coins based on year rarity mint mark major varieties errors and their associated price values to come up with a. The following list is a chart of the most expensive coins. Gold rush collection bonhams sep 2013 1 035 000 1894 10c united states.

Several private sale prices over 2m are not in this list yet. Brent pogue coin collection auction jointly by stack s bowers galleries and sotheby s over the span.